You cannot cheat in this tech era, angry Tuwei cautions junior athletes

Athletics Kenya President Gen. (Rtd) Jack Tuwei has cautioned the junior athletes that there is no room to cheat in sports at the moment going to the tremendous technological advancements at the moment.

Speaking in Machakos during the U20 anti-doping seminar, Tuwei challenged the upcoming athletes not to spoil the country's reputation, and soil the image of those who made it an athletic powerhouse in the process.

The President went on to assure that AK will continue with the sensitization seminars on the issue, but at the same time insisted that it is the obligation of the athletes to ensure that they compete clean.

"There is no way, one can cheat in the current world of sports, the level of technology is too high, and no one will escape if he or she is cheating. The generation that set the standard for Kenya as a running powerhouse never cheated, why do you want to cheat and spoil the country's reputations? It's your obligation to ensure you compete clean and that's why we are doing these kinds of education to enlighten athletes, let us keep learning," the AK president said.

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